U.S. Route 231

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U.S. Route 231

Length:

912 mi (1467 km)

South end:

Business US 98/FL 30/FL 75 in Panama City, FL

Major
junctions:

I-10 at Cottondale, FL

I-85 at Montgomery, AL

I-20 at Pell City, AL

I-565 at Huntsville, AL

I-24 at Murfreesboro, TN

I-40 at Lebanon, TN

I-65 at Bowling Green, KY

I-64 at Dale, IN

I-70 at Cloverdale, IN

I-74 at Crawfordsville, IN

North end:

US 41 in St. John, IN

United States Numbered Highways
Spur of US 31
List - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 231 is a spur of U.S. Route 31. It currently runs for 912 miles (1,467 km) from St. John, Indiana at U.S. Route 41 to south of U.S. Route 98 in Downtown Panama City, Florida.

One of its most notable landmarks is the William H. Natcher Bridge, a nearly mile-long cable-stayed bridge that connects Rockport, Indiana to Owensboro, Kentucky, spanning the Ohio River.

1 Route description
2 History
3 Major intersections
4 External links

[edit] Route description

Major cities
Panama City, Florida Dothan, Alabama Montgomery, Alabama Sylacauga, Alabama Huntsville, Alabama Fayetteville, Tennessee Murfreesboro, Tennessee Lebanon, Tennessee Bowling Green, Kentucky Owensboro, Kentucky Jasper, Indiana Bloomfield, Indiana Spencer, Indiana Greencastle, Indiana Crawfordsville, Indiana Lafayette, Indiana

[edit] Florida

In Florida, US 231 is paired with unsigned State Road 75. The southern terminus is at Business US 98 (unsigned State Road 30) in downtown Panama City. The highway is carried by Harrison Avenue until its intersection with US 98. Continuing north, US 231 passes through Youngstown, Fountain, Alford, Cottondale, and Campbellton before entering Alabama. Major intersections include Business US 98, US 98, SR 77, SR 20, Interstate 10, US 90, SR 73, SR 273, and SR 2.

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[edit] Alabama

Main article: U.S. Route 231 in Alabama

In Alabama, US 231 is paired with unsigned State Route 53 from Huntsville to Dothan. From the Tennessee state line to Huntsville, and from Dothan to the Florida state line, this route is paired with unsigned State Route 1. In Harpersville US 231 follows US 280 east. Just south of Sylacauga US 231 branches off southward again as its own route to Montgomery.

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[edit] Tennessee

US 231 pairs with 31E and continues to run south through the eastern Nashville metro area through the cities of Lebanon and Murfreesboro, and finally reaching Fayetteville until it crosses the Alabama state line. The route is approximately 121 miles from Tennessee's northern border to its southern border.

[edit] Kentucky

US 231 parallels Interstate 65 before reaching Bowling Green, and then US 231 closely parallels William Natcher Parkway until it reaches Owensboro. US 231 is paired with US 60 for a short distance and then splits off and crosses the Ohio River near Rockport, Indiana.

[edit] Indiana

In Indiana, US 231 has the distinction of being the state's longest continuous highway. It covers approximately 297 miles in the Hoosier State. US 231 passes through the towns of Dale, Huntingburg, Jasper, and Loogootee before reaching Bloomfield. In Bloomfield, US 231 passes Shawnee Field, a local airport. US 231 slices through central Indiana before reaching Lafayette. Next it winds northwest along Interstate 65 and then it splits off and terminates at US 41. As part of the Major Moves project, U.S. 231 is currently being updated to a 4-lane highway from the Indiana-Kentucky border to Interstate 64.

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[edit] History

U.S. Route 152 was commissioned in 1934, connecting Indianapolis with Hammond. It followed US 52 from Indianapolis to northwest of Lafayette, where it turned north to end at US 20 in Hammond. In 1938, the route was decommissioned, and became a southern extension of State Road 53 from northwest of Lafayette to Crown Point, a new State Road 152 from Highland to Hammond, and was simply dropped in favor of the overlapping US 52, State Road 8, and US 41 elsewhere. These parts of SR 53 and SR 8 became US 231 in 1952, when US 231 was extended north from Montgomery to US 41 south of St. John.